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Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & BusinessThu, 08 Dec 2016 17:45:16 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Survey Finds 1/3 of Companies Not Satisfied with Digital Employeeshttp://www.webpronews.com/survey-finds-13-companies-not-satisfied-digital-employees-2016-04/
Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:38:37 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=458750Accenture has a new report out called Organizing for Digital Success, which is based on the survey of over 200 digital executives in the U.S. at companies with revenue of $1 billion to over $75 billion. These include CMO CDO, ... Read More

]]>Accenture has a new report out called Organizing for Digital Success, which is based on the survey of over 200 digital executives in the U.S. at companies with revenue of $1 billion to over $75 billion. These include CMO CDO, CIO, SVP, VP, and senior digital executives at companies in the consumer-packaged goods, manufacturing, retail, financial services, communications, media and technology, SaaS, healthcare, hospitality, and travel industries.

The report found that nearly a third of companies are not satisfied with the skill sets of employees in their digital organizations.

As a spokesperson for Accenture told us in an email, "The study found there is a significant gap in the skill sets wanted and the skill sets possessed by digital organizations, and 4 in 5 (81%) of the digital executives surveyed voicing the need for additional hiring."

"This data shows a clear disconnect between expectations and reality in the digital branches of many organizations," they added.

To give you an idea of what these companies are actually wanting their employees to achieve, here's a look at the KPIs being measured:

Despite a troubling amount of dissatisfaction, most respondents feel that their companies are either on par with their major competitors (42%) or that they are the sector leader (27%) in terms of digital capabilities. Only 7% think they're trailing behind the majority of their competitors. 24% believe they're in the middle of the pack.

]]>LinkedIn Names Top 25 Skills of the Yearhttp://www.webpronews.com/linkedin-names-top-25-skills-of-the-year-2016-01/
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:36:19 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=451904Just as it did last year, LinkedIn revealed the top 25 skills that can get you hired this year. "With 2015 in the rearview mirror, LinkedIn analyzed hiring and recruiting activity and uncovered the 25 hottest global skills in the ... Read More

]]>Just as it did last year, LinkedIn revealed the top 25 skills that can get you hired this year.

"With 2015 in the rearview mirror, LinkedIn analyzed hiring and recruiting activity and uncovered the 25 hottest global skills in the past year," a LinkedIn spokesperson tells us. "As these skills were continually sought by companies well into the final months of 2015, we expect them to continue driving demand in the early part of 2016."

According to the company, January is when the largest percentage of LinkedIn members are looking for a new job.

"If your skills fit one or more of these skills categories (a grouping of related skills), there’s a chance you either started a new job or attracted the interest of recruiters last year," says LinkedIn's Sohan Murthy. "We noticed that companies were still recruiting and hiring for these skills well into the final months of 2015, so we expect these skills will remain in-demand in the early part of 2016. This means if you have one or more of these skills, you’re likely to continue getting interest from recruiters in the new year."

The biggest trends LinkedIn points to are a rapid increase in members listing cloud skills like Hadoop, HBase, and Hive, as we well as continued prevalence of data mining/analysis skills and the cooling off of game development, online marketing, SAP ERP systems, computer graphics/animation, integrated circuit design, and recruiting. The company notes that employers are still looking for all of these skills - just not quite as much as last year.

]]>These Are The Top Business Skills Of The Yearhttp://www.webpronews.com/linkedin-reveals-top-skills-that-got-people-hired-in-2014-2014-12/
http://www.webpronews.com/linkedin-reveals-top-skills-that-got-people-hired-in-2014-2014-12/#commentsWed, 17 Dec 2014 18:47:53 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=410998This time of year, just about every major Internet service puts out some kind of look back at 2014. The search engines reveal the top trending searches of the year. The music streaming/download services reveal the hottest tunes. The social ... Read More

]]>This time of year, just about every major Internet service puts out some kind of look back at 2014. The search engines reveal the top trending searches of the year. The music streaming/download services reveal the hottest tunes. The social media services reveal additional insights.

Few of these services, however, reveal information as potentially useful as this one. LinkedIn has revealed the top skills that are actually resulting in people getting hired. LinkedIn is a unique service in this way, and gives us a glimpse of what businesses have been on the lookout for.

The top skill perhaps isn't all that surprising, but does emphasize just how important businesses consider data these days. Take a look at the top 25.

To come up with the list, LinkedIn analyzed skills and experience data in over 330 million LinkedIn member profiles. The company says if your skills fit one of these categories, there’s a good chance you either started a new job or garnered interest from a recruiter this year.

Beyond data LinkedIn points out that science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills made up the majority of the top 25 list across various countries. Mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering were also big.

LinkedIn has actually focused a great deal on helping people find the right jobs and helping businesses find the right hires this year. Sure, this is a pretty standard part of the professional network, but the company has released a pretty significant amount of features and information related to this part of business in 2014.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/linkedin-reveals-top-skills-that-got-people-hired-in-2014-2014-12/feed/2Watch This LinkedIn Webinar About Recruiting And Hiring Trendshttp://www.webpronews.com/watch-this-linkedin-webinar-about-recruiting-and-hiring-trends-2014-03/
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:13:09 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=335605LinkedIn recently held a webinar discussing the "latest buzz and talent trends" related to recruiting, staffing, and hiring. The company has now put it on YouTube for all to view. Lou Adler, CEO of The Adler Group, who LinkedIn calls ... Read More

]]>Need a Job? Head For North Dakotahttp://www.webpronews.com/need-a-job-head-for-north-dakota-2014-02/
http://www.webpronews.com/need-a-job-head-for-north-dakota-2014-02/#commentsWed, 12 Feb 2014 14:40:37 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=319092With the U.S. economy slowly recovering throughout much of the country, jobs have been a bit easier to come by during the past few years - but only a bit. Job creation throughout much of the U.S. is still stagnant, ... Read More

]]>With the U.S. economy slowly recovering throughout much of the country, jobs have been a bit easier to come by during the past few years - but only a bit. Job creation throughout much of the U.S. is still stagnant, with low-skilled workers struggling to find even low-paying jobs.

There are parts of the U.S. recovering more quickly than others. Gallup today released the results of a survey into job creation, showing that the northern states in the midwest are seeing job growth much stronger than other parts of the country. The poll's results are based around asking workers whether their employer is hiring or firing.

North Dakota ranks highest on Gallup's job creation index rankings - a position the state has held now for five consecutive years. In fact, North Dakota's job creation index of 40 is far higher than any other state on the list. The average national index for the U.S. was 20 during 2013.

On the other end of the survey, Rhode Island is the state ranked lowest for job growth with a Gallup job creation index of only 12. Rhode Island is followed by New Mexico (13), Vermont (13), West Virginia (14), New York (15), and Connecticut (15).

Why exactly employers in the midwest are hiring more isn't entirely clear. Gallup did find that the reported standard of living in states was strongly correlated to higher reported hiring. The firm also found a slight correlation between hiring and higher confidence in the U.S. economy as a whole.

So, for those needing jobs North Dakota seems to be the place to head. Of course, job-seekers heading to North Dakota will have to contend with the state's harsh winters. The state's politics may also be a point of contention for the unemployed coming from the east coast. As an example, temperatures in Fargo are set to hit -8 degrees fahrenheit Thurday night and North Dakota is currently in settlement talks with abortion-rights groups over the state's harsh abortion restrictions.

]]>http://www.webpronews.com/need-a-job-head-for-north-dakota-2014-02/feed/1Social Network Screenings Could Harm Businesses, Shows Studyhttp://www.webpronews.com/social-network-spying-could-harm-businesses-shows-study-2013-12/
Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:47:29 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=294488As the general public has jumped onto Facebook and Twitter in the past few years, more employers are now using social networks as human resource screening tools. Though there may be nothing illegal with businesses viewing public social media profiles, ... Read More

]]>As the general public has jumped onto Facebook and Twitter in the past few years, more employers are now using social networks as human resource screening tools. Though there may be nothing illegal with businesses viewing public social media profiles, that action could end up leaving businesses in a tough spot - and could even cause considerable harm.

A new study published recently in the Journal of Business and Psychology has found that using social networks to screen employment candidates could negatively affect the company's image with potential employees. The study also warned that in the worst cases this type of activity could have legal implications.

"Social network spying on job candidates could reduce the attractiveness of an organization during various phases of the selection process, especially if the applicant pool at large knows or suspects that the organization engages in such screening," said William Stoughton, lead author of the study and a psychologist at North Carolina State University. "Because internet message boards and social media provide easily accessible forums for job seekers to share their experiences and opinions with others, it is very easy for a soured applicant to affect others' perceptions of an organization."

The study surveyed job candidates on the hiring practices of hypothetical companies and found that businesses that review social network profiles were less preferred. Stoughton and his colleagues found that study participants felt that their privacy was violated by such practices, and that some of them would consider legal avenues for restitution if they encountered social profile screening. Study participants also interpreted such a screening procedure negatively as a sign of how the company might treat employees.

Though the study warns businesses that poor performance and high turnover might result from a social network screening policy, the study's authors are pragmatic when considering whether the practice will end in the near future. Potential hires are advised to stop using social networks as private forums with which to interact with friends and to remove any damaging material from their profiles to protect themselves from hiring screenings.

]]>Since Layoffs, StumbleUpon Has Been Actively Hiring, Adding Engineershttp://www.webpronews.com/since-layoffs-stumbleupon-has-been-actively-hiring-adding-engineers-2013-08/
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:19:17 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=254669It wasn't exactly a great start to the new year for StumbleUpon back in January, when the company laid off 30% of its staff, but that was a long time ago in Internet time, and the company has since been ... Read More

]]>It wasn't exactly a great start to the new year for StumbleUpon back in January, when the company laid off 30% of its staff, but that was a long time ago in Internet time, and the company has since been hiring, including some new execs and engineers.

StumbleUpon's Mike Mayzel told WebProNews back when the cuts were made that the company was restructuring to enable it to become "more streamlined, focused and to better execute" against its goals.

"As a result of these changes, the company will be profitable and will operate more quickly and efficiently and experiment more aggressively," he said. "We continue to grow and remain focused on providing the best discovery experience on the Web.”

"We've been heads down working on our product (both desktop and mobile)," Mayzel says.

Cody Simms, the guy behind last year's app launches, by the way, has left the company. TechCrunch reported earlier this month that he would transition to an advisory role, but wanted to move back to his home, which the StumbleUpon job took him away from. Here's a statement from he gave the blog:

StumbleUpon has a great mission and team, an innovative business model and is solving an incredibly interesting problem. My family and I recently made the decision, however, to return to family and friends in Los Angeles. As a StumbleUpon management team, we’ve worked together to ensure a clean transition during this time, and we’re excited to say that David Marks joined StumbleUpon just recently to take on the the role of VP Product.

Marks is co-founder of Lumia, where he was also CEO and CTO. He joined StumbleUpon late last month as the new VP of Product.

"Since the restructuring we have been actively hiring with a primary focus on engineering and product," Mayzel now tells us. "We have filled several roles including a head of user experience (Shawn Elson), a VP of Product (David Marks) and several software engineers (Pam Lu-Stone and John Landahl, to name two). We continue to hire and have a number of open roles at the company."

Elson also joined in July, and previously worked at Workday, where he managed and designed for social and mobile. He managed his own UX consulting firm, Elson User Experience, which worked with the likes of Adobe, eBay, PayPal, Apple, Zynga, Tend Micro, LG, and others. He also worked on UX at Verisign and even Netscape.

Open positions at StumbleUpon include jobs in business development, content quality, design, engineering and operations. You can see the specific positions here, but as the company notes on its Jobs page, it is also accepting general applications for those who are interested, but don't see listed positions that they want.

Benefits the company offers employees include breakfast and lunch, commuter reimbursement, gym/wellness reimbursement, company match for charitable gifts, a $100 monthly credit for the Uber car service, holiday shutdown and paid vacation, 401k match, "generous" family medical coverage, life/disability insurance, a kitchen stocked with snacks, quarterly team outings, an art program, and an onsite massage therapist.

Mayzel says StumbleUpon currently has over 30 million registered users and 100,000 advertisers. The average time spent per Stumble session, he says, is 30 minutes, and on average, users spend 3.5 hours a month using StumbleUpon in general.

The company is also currently holding a contest for data scientists, challenging them to design an algorithm to make StumbleUpon better at recognizing evergreen content. The winner, in addition to a cash prize, gets a chance to intern at the company. More on that here.

]]>Apple is Hiring Software Engineers to Improve the iOS 6 Maps Apphttp://www.webpronews.com/apple-is-hiring-software-engineers-to-improve-the-ios-6-maps-app-2012-09/
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:11:06 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=193515It's clear now that Apple screwed up when it gave Google Maps the boot, and now there is evidence that even Apple knows it. Ycombinator forums user hownottowrite pointed out this week that Apple listed six new software engineer positions ... Read More

]]>It's clear now that Apple screwed up when it gave Google Maps the boot, and now there is evidence that even Apple knows it.

Ycombinator forums user hownottowrite pointed out this week that Apple listed six new software engineer positions specifically for its iOS Map Display team last week. The job description of the positions reads as follows:

The iOS Map Display team is looking for a proactive and hardworking software engineer to join our team. Our team is responsible for displaying map content for the Maps application on iOS. It is used by millions of customers and it's the best mapping program on any mobile platform. Our team is also responsible for map display via MapKit, the iOS framework that displays maps used by countless applications on the App Store.

Best mapping program on any mobile platform? That clearly isn't the case.

When iOS 6 was released for download on older iPhones on Wednesday, the deficiencies of the Map app quickly became apparent. Pictures and reports of deformed roadways and missing, moved, or misnamed roads, building, and towns can now be found all over the web. Boy Genius Report points users to The Amazing iOS 6 Maps Tumblr blog, where a wide selection of the new Maps app's failures can be seen.

It seems clear from Apple's desperation to get some new Maps engineers on-staff that the company won't be crawling back to Google anytime soon. iPhone users will have to endure until Apple can make a maps app that "just works."

]]>Microsoft Signs Former CBS Exec to Head Xbox Studiohttp://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-signs-former-cbs-exec-to-head-xbox-studio-2012-09/
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:12:47 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=193148Microsoft this week announced that it has hired Nancy Tellem, a former president of CBS Network Television Entertainment as their new Entertainment & Digital Media president. Tellem will oversee the launch of a production studio in Los Angeles that, according ... Read More

]]>Microsoft this week announced that it has hired Nancy Tellem, a former president of CBS Network Television Entertainment as their new Entertainment & Digital Media president. Tellem will oversee the launch of a production studio in Los Angeles that, according to Microsoft, will develop "interactive and linear content" for the Xbox and other devices. She will also be involved in Microsoft's efforts to turn the Xbox into "a destination where consumers can enjoy all their entertainment in one place.

“I am excited to be a part of the continued evolution of Xbox from a gaming console to the hub of every household’s entertainment experience,” said Tellem. “The Xbox is already a consumer favorite, and we now have a tremendous opportunity to transform it into the center of all things entertainment - from games, music and fitness to news, sports, live events, television series and movies - so consumers have one destination for all their entertainment needs. I look forward to building a studio team that embraces the challenges of creating true interactive content that the Xbox platform supports and to work with talent to create content that will change the way entertainment content is experienced and delivered.”

Tellem served as president of CBS Entertainment for 12 years, from 1998 to 2010. During that time, she was responsible for choosing the TV lineup for CBS.

Microsoft has been transforming the Xbox into a home entertainment platform for years. At this year's E3, the company announced its SmartGlass technology, which will sync content over multiple devices, displaying extra content for a TV show on a tablet or smartphone, for instance. Even Nintendo's new console, the Wii U, will include software to facilitate the viewing of on-demand television programming.

It is also not surprising that Microsoft will begin to develop its own television content. Technology companies have begun to fill in the gap traditional television industry players are leaving when it comes to the web. Yahoo this year premiered a post-apocalyptic web series called Electric City. New episodes of a series Fox cancelled, Arrested Development, will debut exclusively on Netflix's streaming service next year. Independent production companies, such as Machinima and Geek & Sundry, are also beginning to provide regularly scheduled programming via YouTube.

]]>T-Mobile Appoints John Legere as New CEOhttp://www.webpronews.com/t-mobile-appoints-john-legere-as-new-ceo-2012-09/
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:17:50 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=193025Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, announced today that John Legere has been appointed CEO of T-Mobile. “John is a talented and proven executive who brings a successful track record of leading and operating consumer- and business-focused telecommunications ... Read More

]]>Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, announced today that John Legere has been appointed CEO of T-Mobile.

“John is a talented and proven executive who brings a successful track record of leading and operating consumer- and business-focused telecommunications and technology companies,” said René Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom. “As T-Mobile moves forward with its strategic initiatives to improve its market position, including expanding its network coverage and initiating LTE service, John has obviously the right skillset to lead the business into the future."

Legere is a former CEO of Global Crossing, a former worldwide networking services telecom company. He has also in the past served as CEO of Asia Global Crossing, and senior vice president of EMEA and Asia-Pacific operations at Dell.

“I am thrilled to join T-Mobile and lead the Company at such a pivotal time,” said Legere. “T-Mobile is taking a number of significant steps to revitalize the business and I look forward to leading our team and partners to accelerate these efforts to become a force in our industry.”

Both T-Mobile and Sprint are positioning themselves as low-cost alternatives to Verizon and AT&T. Both T-Mobile and Sprint now offer unlimited data plans, in contrast to the more expensive "shared" plans that AT&T and Verizon rolled out this year. Also, T-Mobile has just begun trying to convince Apple fans to buy T-Mobile is in the process of implementing its 4G LTE data network. It will be that last of the major U.S. carriers to have 4G LTE.

]]>Google: 2011 Will Be Biggest Hiring Year Everhttp://www.webpronews.com/google-2011-will-be-biggest-hiring-year-ever-2011-01/
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:03:08 +0000http://www.webpronews.com/?p=57200The other day, I wrote a post about how Google should consider increasing its employees' 20% time to encourage innovation. Given that this time is dedicated to innovation and some of the company's most successful products came from it, it seems like a good idea to me, but Google's strategy appears to be a mixture of a large amount of acquisitions, imitating successful products, and hiring (not that innovation has been totally lacking at the company.

]]>The other day, I wrote a post about how Google should consider increasing its employees' 20% time to encourage innovation. Given that this time is dedicated to innovation and some of the company's most successful products came from it, it seems like a good idea to me, but Google's strategy appears to be a mixture of a large amount of acquisitions, imitating successful products, and hiring (not that innovation has been totally lacking at the company. They did come up with self-driving cars recently, but as Danny Sullivan pointed out in his advice to Larry Page the other day, it's about perception.).

Yes, hiring. While Yahoo is shedding employees left and right, Google has announced that this will be its biggest hiring year in company history. That could help innovation too. Increasing the number of people who can take advantage of 20% time is in some sense increasing 20% time as a whole.

Last year, Google added over 4,500 employees, mostly in engineering and sales. That was the second most in company history, behind 2007 when they added over 6,000 people. Now, they are looking to outdo both years.

"We're looking for top talent—across the board and around the globe—and we'll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science: like building a web-based operating system from scratch, instantly searching an index of more than 100 million gigabytes and even developing cars that drive themselves," says Google SVP Engineering and Research, Alan Eustace. "There's something at Google for everyone—from geo, to enterprise, to video—with most of the work done in small teams, effectively working as start-ups. (The average number of software engineers on a project at Google is 3.5.) That’s why the vast majority of our people stay with us, building their careers and taking on new challenges within the company."

"I joined Google more than eight years ago—when we had barely 500 employees and still used Outlook for email and AIM for chat—and while there have been many changes, Google is still the same entrepreneurial company it was when I started, encouraging Googlers to take on big ideas and high-risk, high-reward opportunities," adds Eustace.